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You worked at GS but call it Goldman's?
by pitnips 11y ago
You worked at GS but call it Goldman's?
- elektromekatron 11y agoPerhaps tpatke knows that using the term GS would be much harder to parse for folk that have not worked there. I work for FWE, by the way.
- acqq 11y agoI can imagine that, still, how come "Goldman's" with the 's? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs It isn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s
- scrumper 11y agoLikely British usage. We pluralize company names in many cases: Goldmans, Tescos, etc, and refer to them plurally (so, "Goldmans are seeking to ruin Sergey" vs. "Goldman is seeking..."). Apostrophe is probably wrong :)
- acqq 11y agoSo would a Briton say "I used to work at Goldmans" if the company is called Goldman Sachs?
- scrumper 11y agoYes, exactly. Same with Lehmans, Merrills, etc. Mostly companies named after people.
- pests 11y agoIn southeast Michigan its also standard for people to append an `s` to the end of most stores. Kroger -> Krogers Meijer -> Meijers etc. I never noticed it until I went on a linguistics bender on Wikipedia where it was noted.